The “city bus toolkit – tools and options for reforming city bus systems”, developed by the World Bank with the support of the PPIAF, provides eight options for reforming bus systems:
- UNREGULATED ENTRY INTO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT MARKET
- OPTION 1: Unregulated entry WITHOUT quality control.
- OPTION 2: Unregulated entry WITH quality control.
- REGULATED ENTRY INTO THE MARKET: CONTRACTUALISATION OPTIONS
- Contractualization by sector
- OPTION 3: Contractualization by sector: fixed-price contracts
- OPTION 4: Contractualization by sector: financial compensation contracts
- Contractualization by line
- OPTION 5: Concluding contracts per route: fixed price contracts
- OPTION 6: Concluding contracts per route: financial compensation contracts.
- Monopoly situations
- OPTION 7: Private monopoly
- OPTION 8: Public monopoly
- Contractualization by sector
The “urban bus toolkit” also contains advice on how to transition to one of the 8 options above.
Source: Urban bus toolkit – Tools and options for reforming city bus systems (World Bank / PPIAF)
